Git clone only works with ssh://git@.. and not with git@

Any idea why a GIT repo would work only when using ssh://[email protected]/repo.git and not also when using [email protected]/repo.git?

It's a server setup by someone else so no idea how it was setup but on BitBucket or GitHub I can just use [email protected]/repo.git and it works and clones the repo using SSH protocol. Any idea why for this server iy only works when using ssh://[email protected]/repo.git ?

So i need to add the ssh:// in front.

Solution 1:

You are using the incorrect syntax.

When you remove the scheme:// prefix, git no longer interprets your address in URL style anymore, but instead as rcp/scp style. But for rcp/scp style addresses, the path must be separated from user@host using a colon : (specifying a port is not supported). For example:

git clone [email protected]:repo.git

git clone [email protected]:daniels/example.git

Without the colon, git will only interpret the address as a local path.

(You can see more details in the git clone or git fetch manual page.)